Cloth-saving device



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MFLCATIOH FILED OCT. 1919 LS, i. fi azantd June 28, H2L

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CLOTH-SWNG DEVICE.

Lanarte.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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.application tiled ctober il, wie. Seria llc. 329,130.

To @ZZ whom it m ay concern:

Be it known that l, REUBEN H. HOLDER, a citizen of the United l States, residing at NWinstonSalem, in -the county of Forsyth and State ot llortligtlorolina, have invented new and useful improvements in Cloth: Saving Devices, or" which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved method of cutting out garments and to the pattern for securing thelines on which the goods from which the garment is made and cut.

The principal purpose of the invention is to eliminate practically all Waste of the goods by so cuttingl the goods that the Waste pieces may loe utilized for flaps and gussets in the garment.

Another object oi the invention is to pro vide means whereby tlie slider-ent lines on which the goods are to lce cut may lie easily and quickly marked on the goods from a pattern.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to loe hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specilically pointed out .in tlie appended claims.

in describing my invention in detail, reiei1M ence will loe had to the accompanying draW- ings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:mm

Figure l is4 a rear view or a garment for which the invention is intended.

Fig. 2 is a face view of my improved pat'- tern.

Fig. 3 is a rear View.

is a detail section ce line Lv-Jl of Fig. 2.

llig. 5 is a view showing the pattern placed on a pile of steelt. g'

1g.v 6 is a fragmentary View showing a f modification.

the legs. Furthermore the correct placing of the part tor indicating the line of the arm lioles must be found by a rule, in this Way apfreat amount of time is lost in placing the d1 erent parts of tlie pattern in position and the leg pattern necessitated the cutting away of a large piece at each side edge of the stock at its lower part and these pieces were re garded as Waste.

.ln carrying out my invention I aim to provide a pattern from a single piece of material ,so forrned that all the lines on which the goods 1s to ce cut may ce marked and correctly positioned therefrom and with but little Waste of material.

My invention comprises a pattern board 1, which may be made of any suitable material and at its upper end has one corner cut away to leave a crescent-shaped Wall 2. The opposite upper corner is cutaway to provide a recess 5 which has its bottom wall slightly inclined. The board is also provided with a slot 6 intermediate its side edges, said slot being cut through the upper end of the board and extending to an opening Strips of niet-al 8 may 'be secured to the board for connecting .the parts on each side of the slot together. The lower part of. the board has one edge cut-away to leave a long inclined edge 9 which extends from tile lower end of the board to a point at the straight edge ol the board an appreciable distance from the center. The other side edge oi the board is slightly inclined inwardly as at 10, this in oline beginning at a point approximately opposite the starting point of the inclined edge 9.

The transverse strips 11 of metal orthe i like are secured to the rear face of the board and other strips 12 are slidingly secured to the front face lay means of the screws 13 passing through slots lll formed in said strips l2 and eng-effing screw threaded holes in the strips il. tach of the strips 12 is bent at riglitangles so that said strips l2 will act as adjustable gages for positioning the pattern board on the bundle of stock as shown inV s shown in said Fi 5 the pattern board is placed on the pile o stock with the gages engaging one edge of the pile of stock. Lines are then marked on the upper piece of stock loi chalk or the like by running the chalk aing the edges of the recesses 4 and 5, along thevslot 6 and also along the inclined edges 9 and l0. The chalk is also run along the top Wall of the opening 7 so las to indicate the limit 01"' the cut made on line 6.`

cated midway The pile of stock is then placed under the cutting tool and the stock cut on said lines. Thus the stock will be formed with `the neck portions and the arm holes in the trunk portion and below the trunk ,portion the stock portion is reduced and its edges cut to form the leg portions.

The portion of the stock cut on the line 9 I use for the Hap portion of the garment, said flap being shown at A in Figj; 1.

In the smaller sizes of garments the out made on line l0 is made close to the edge of the stock so as to simply open the stock at this point and 'the strip of waste is very small. However, iii the large size garments this strip is of considerable size and I use this strip. as a gusset for connecting the leg portion to the flap, as shown at B in Fig. i.

I secure small metal clips 15 to the face of the pattern board with their pointed ends at the edges of said board so as to indicate where the stock is to be marked to indicate where the iiap is to be sewn to the garment.

As the larger sized garments are usually provided with a cuil' at the ends of the legs, such Aends are reduced. in width to receive said cuffs and in order to indicate this re duction I forni curved slots 16 in the leg portion of the pattern board so that the chalk may be passed through said slots to mark the curved lines on the stock for indi eating where the stock is to be cut.

It desired the leg part of the pattern board may have its corners rounded instead of forming the slots therein. rIbis construction is shown in Fig. 6 where the rounded corners are indicated at 16.

What I claim is l. A pattern board of the class described havingA one corner provided with a recess having a curved wall and the adjacent cor-- ner having a recess therein having its bottom slightly inclined, said board also having a longitudinally extending slot beginning at its upper edge and extending to a point below the recess, said slot being lothe eide edges of the board. 2. A patte-rn board oi the class described.

comprising a trunk part and a leg part, one

insane of the upper corners of the trunk part having a recess formed therein provided with a curved wall and the other upper corner having a recess therein having its bottom slightly inclined, said trunk part-,falso having a longitudinally extending slot beginning at its upper edge and extending to a point below the above mentioned recesses and the leg part of the board having the edge thereof inunedately below the curved wall recess inclined inwardly to a great eX- tent and the other edge of the leg part being inclined a slight extent.

f, 23. A pattern board ofthe class described comprising a trunk portion and a leg portion, said leg portion having its edges tapering inwardly toward its end, one of said edges having va greater taper than the other edge, the upper end'of the trunk having a curved recess in one .corner and a small substantially rectangular recess in the other corner and a centrally located slot extending longitudinally from the upper edge to a point below the recess, said board having an opening at the inner end 'of said slot.

la A pattern of the class described comprising a trunk portion and a leg portion,

said leg portion having its edges tapering l inwardly toward its end, the upper part of the trunk portion having its corners cutaway and provided with a centrally located longitudinally extending slot, a strip connecting the parts of the board on each side ot the slot together and adjustable gage strips carried by said board.

5. A pattern of the class described coinprising a trunk portion and a leg portion, said leg portion having its edges tapering inwardly tp'ward itsnend, the upper part of the trunk portion having its corners eutaway andprovided with a centrally located longitudinally extending slot, a strip connecting the parts of the board on each side of the slot together and adjustable gage strips carried by said board and pointers carried by 'the board In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

REUBEN H. HOLDER. 

